27 Years of Bliss!

Yesterday Lee and I celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary. Now I may have lied in my title when I said 27 years of bliss because we all know no marriage is total bliss. I’ve been told that ignorance is bliss and marrying at the age of 20 could be considered, by some, ignorance…but we just grew up together.

Last night Lee got out a box of letters I had written to him during my freshman year in college. It was interesting to hear my thoughts from so many years ago…me telling him that “I don’t think God wants me to date right now, you or anyone.” Lee said it wasn’t nice of me to use God to do my dirty work of breaking up with him. But as he read those letters, I could remember the great spiritual growth I was experiencing at that time and in my mind, I didn’t have room for Lee and God. If I had to choose one, I’m glad I chose God!

Thankfully, God allowed me to have Lee in my life as well a few months later and here we are 27 years later thanking God for His faithfulness. For a love that has grown stronger through the years, a love that has sustained us through some pretty difficult days that many marriages wouldn’t have survived.

While my letters may have seemed a cop out…I see the greater picture and how God was drawing me to himself so I would be prepared and tied to the anchor of Christ when the storms of life hit.

What a double blessing it is to have Lee by my side during these storms. I pray for 27 more years of bliss!

My gift my girlfriends ask…a new dress lee says, “To replace that hideous one of Sherri’s you have worn to the last two weddings, so you’ll never have to wear it again!”
I said, “Tell me how you really feel about the dress!” So I guess I’ll mail my sister back her lovely beaded dress since Lee seems to have an aversion to it!

Sometimes, Ignorance is bliss!
Lisa, the no longer wondering if Lee liked the dress one!